EAI and SOA challenges:

June, 2008

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June 30, 2008  1:25 AM

Maintaining consistent data among systems



Posted by: Rpedroso
EAI, ESB, SOA

There are several ways to ensure information are consistent among systems. Let's examine two approaches. You can store information in a sigle system and other systems query this first one. Another approach is to replicate data among systems. An important point to consider is the...

June 29, 2008  8:48 PM

ARTS: Standards for retail market



Posted by: Rpedroso
EA, EAI, Retail, SOA, Standards

Who is developing products must pay attention to standards. Standards are essential to ensure interoperability among different vendors. Organizations like Oasis and W3C have developed many generic standards. These standards are applicable to different markets. The Association for Retail...


June 29, 2008  6:49 PM

What is the first step for SOA implementation?



Posted by: Rpedroso
SOA

An SOA environment is composed of several elements (tools, policies, procedures and guidelines). When you start planning your SOA initiative you face issues relating to these elements. Then you must make a choice: will you address all the issues on a single project or will you choose a phased...


June 29, 2008  4:44 AM

SOA and Enterprise Architecture



Posted by: Rpedroso
BPMS, EA, EAI, ESB, SOA

Some definitions of Enterprise Architecture (EA). 1. Enterprise Architecture is a complete expression of the enterprise; a master plan which “acts as a collaboration force” between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions,...


June 18, 2008  2:53 AM

Warning: Excessive status message is costly and counterproductive



Posted by: Rpedroso
EAI

Control and monitoring are essential features of an EAI environment. Status message has the main role in monitoring. When a data message is processed by an EAI component, this component generates an status menssage. Then a tool can use this information to show the component where the message...


June 16, 2008  1:54 AM

SOA and EAI metrics



Posted by: Rpedroso
EAI, Metrics, SOA

How do you estimate the size of SOA or EAI projects? I am not a metric expert, but I think use case point (UCP) and function point (FP) are not suitable for SOA and EAI. UCP and FP are referring to the users view of system rather than a technical aspect. SOA and mainly EAI are not about the...


June 12, 2008  2:59 AM

Agent or proxy: what is your preferred approach?



Posted by: Rpedroso
ESB, SOA

ESB products are usually composed of several applications. Each application is focused in one specific capability like monitoring, security and service orchestration. These applications or modules are often related to service consumer and service provider. This class of ESB modules follow one...


June 8, 2008  4:23 AM

Will ESB and BPMS from different vendors work well together?



Posted by: Rpedroso
BPMS, ESB, SOA, Standards

Last week I was talking with a colleague about ESB and BPMS. Vendors are offering BPMS with ESB features, but the company where he works will evaluate BPMS and ESB separately. I think it is hard to define where ESB's responsability ends and BPMS's responsability begins. Besides, what kind of...


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